Fetal magnetocardiography in the investigation of congenital heart defects

Early Human Development

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 65-75

  Kähler, Christiane ^a   Schleußner, Ekkehard ^a   Grimm, Barbara ^a   Schneider, Uwe ^a   Haueisen, Jens ^a   Vogt, Lothar ^a   Seewald, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congenital heart defect; Fetal cardiac anomaly; Fetal magnetocardiography; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; NEWBORN; PULMONARY ARTERY STENOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; R WAVE;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036803162     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(02)00041-5     Document Type: Article

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